Trousers.



I. E. MAYBR a 0. G. YATES.

TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISADOR E. MAYER AND OSCAR C. YATES, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TROUSERS.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 19, 1.911.

Application led October 20, 1909.

Serial No. 523,737.

To all who/m. it may concern:

Be it known that we, IsAnoR E. Maren and Ossau C. Yarns, citizens ot theUnited States, residing` atI Louisville, in the county of Jefferson,State ot' Kentucky, have in vented new and useful Improvements inIrousers, oit' which the following is a specitication.

Our invention relates to improvements in trousers.

The object of our invention is to provide belt loops io-r trousers,which are Jformed duringl the manufacture or making of the trousers, andwhich hides the belt and which dispenses with the extra belt-bandusually employed on trousers of this character.

Another object of our invention is to provide a more simple, cheap andeti'ective device of this character.

In the accompanying' drawings-Figure 1 is a front view oit a pair ottrousers showingv our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear viewof the upper end of the trousers, as shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is anenlarged front portion of the trousers with the belt removed and showingwaistwbands for trousers turned back.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents a pair ot' trousers ot' theusual structure having the waistband 2 extending around the upper edge.Heretot'ore loops have been pro-vided for the belts to pass through orwhen it was desired to hide the belt an additional strip has beenstitched over the usual waistband. In this form the belt was passedbetween the usual waistband and the additional strip or band, but thismade the upper end ot' the trousers very bunglesonie, and it is theobject ot this invention to avoid these objections.

In our invention the waistband Q does not extend all the way around thetrousers, but stops some distance from the front opening or tly 3, otthe trousers and some distance in t'ront of the rear split portion 4l.This being so, the waistband is formed in six sections, the twofrontsections 5 and G, the two side sections 7 and 8, and the two rearsections 9 and 10. The side sections 7 and 8 overlap the 'front and rearsections, and the ends are not stitched or secured to the trousers sothat the two side sections 'form the slide Jfor the belt. flronsers aremade with alininje, a canvas still'ening' medium 11, and then the usualwaistband 2. The canvas is stitched at both top and bottom by thestitching` that secures the waistband to the trousers and is theret'oreheld against movement. rl`his canvas 'Forms a comparatively smoothbacking tor the belt slide, while the usual waistband 'forms the slide.The inner ends oi the t'ront and back sections 5 and (i, and f) and 1.()are stitched as indicated at 1Q. The side sections 7 and 8 ot thewaistband, overlap the 'front and rear section so that a finished ettectwill be given the trousers and this also makes it unich easier to insertthe belt. The side sections also have their ends hemmed or bound to'torm a neat appearance.

The belt is readily inserted between the side section and the canvas andhides the belt and t'orms the loops for the belt to support the trouserswithout any additional straps or 'aistband.

Havingl thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A pair ot trousers comprising* a waist band Yformed ol a series ot'underlying seci tions secured to the trousers at all sides, and spacedapart, and a series ot outer sections forming' the waist band spanningthe space between the iunlerlying;` sections and overlapping the sameam'lsecured to the trousers at their upper and lower edges leaving,r theends loose to form belt slides.

I'n testimony whereot' we liave hereunto lsubscribed our names to thisslacitication in thc presence vof two subscribing witnesses.

I. E. MAYE R. O. C. YATES.

iVitnesses R. H. Yarns, Gno. WV. I-Inclinmir.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

